An Introduction to Grammar for Language Learners
Editorial CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
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- Publisher CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
- ISBN13 9781108441230
- ISBN10 1108441238
- Type Book
- Pages 219
- Published 2019
- Language English
- Bookbinding Paperback
Sections
English GrammarAn Introduction to Grammar for Language Learners
Editorial CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Do you want to pick it up at the bookstore?
Mainland Spain
Book Details
'This excellent book represents a new approach to languages and how to learn them. It takes the reader through the wonderful peculiarities and challenges of real language with minimal jargon and maximum common sense. It is packed with insight and practical tips on how to start understanding grammar.' Stephen Colvin, University College London
Learning a foreign language is much easier when it is approached with a knowledge of language structure ('grammar'), but many students find grammar mystifying. This text explains points of grammar straightforwardly using examples from several widely-studied languages, including English, so that students can see how the same principles work across different languages, and how the structures of different languages correspond both formally and functionally. The use of concrete examples makes grammar less abstract and easier to grasp, allowing students to relate what they are learning to knowledge that they already possess unconsciously; it simultaneously brings that knowledge up to a conscious level.